Dress-shield.



V- GUINZBURG.

DRESSSHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3, I91].

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

an STATES PA OFFICE.

vic'roa eumzmme, or NEW "2931:, it. YL, Assienon ro 1. s. nnmsn'r RUBBER comm, OF-NEW YORK, N. n, A conromnon on new YORK.

DRESS-SHIELD.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, VICTOR Gumzeune, a

- ing drawings, forming a part hereof, m

of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dress-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in dress shields such asare adapted for use for the rotection of garments at the juncture of tlie sleeves from the efiects of perspiration and the object of this invention is to provide, in an article of this character, an improved means for holding it in place in the garment, so as to prevent the shield from being crumpled upand dlsplaced by movement of the arms or otherwise.

Heretofore dress shields have been secured in placein garments, at the uncture ofthe sleeves and body of the garment, by ins or stitches which extended through the ody of the shield, thus ruining the rubber interlining of the shield by puncturinglt. In. my improved dress fshield I overcome these disadvantages-by" providing the shield with an integrally formed supplemental strip which does not materially thicken or add any additional bulk to the shield at the juncture of the sleeve and body of the garment, and yet provides a means for securing the shield in proper position without in any -wa causing damage to the shield itself.

, ith these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular combination of parts hereinafter disclosed and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the. accompanywhich,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a dress shield provided with my improvement,

Fig. 2 is a sectional vlew on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Fig. 3 is a front view of a portion of the inside plies of the shield showing the partic-.

ular form of overstitching used in securing these two inside plies together, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the two inside lies secured together and reversed to form t e attaching stripbetween them.

Throughout the various views of the Specification of Letters Il'atent.

drawing similar reference characters designate similar arts.

In the pre erred embodiment of my invention, as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates the dress shield which is of the usual form, consisting of two crescent shaped flaps 2 and 3, united at. their upper Patented Sept. 3, 1918 Application filed August a, 1917. Serial no. 194,218.

plies is a sheet of protective material 6 such as rubber or the like. The outer plies 4 are stitched together at their up er edges as at 7, in the usual manner. 'l he inner plies 5, however, are stitched together at the upper edges by the particular form of stitching 9, known as overstitching. It will thus be seen that when the inner plies 5 are reversed, as disclosed in Figs. 2 and 4, a strip of material 8 will depend downwardly from the concave upper edge of the shield, be-

tween its flaps. This strip of material 8, is

'as can be readily seen from the drawings,

formed by the overstitching which has its inner line extending some distance from the upper edges of the plies 5.

It will be readily seen that the width of the strip 8,-thus formed, is readily regulatable by the size of the stitches 9 and it will be further noted that the particular form of overstitching 9 shown in the drawing is not absolutely necessary, as any form of stitching which extends on a line spaced some distance from the edges of the lies 5 to produce a downwardly depending, integrally formed attaching strip, is adaptable for use in this connection.

The strip 8, produced as above described, is readily attachable to the garment at the armhole seam, and the dress shield is securely held in place at all times without being injured in any way by the stitches which secure the shield to the garment. It will be further noted that the manner in which the attaching strip 8 is produced is economical, as it makes use of material heretofore wasted and causes no additional thickness or bulk incidental to the addition of a separately attached strip. The edges of the flaps 2 and 3 are suita 1 reinforced as at 10 by the form of overstitching above described.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the embodiment herein shown, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scripe of the annexed claims.

aving described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An article of the class described, comprising a pair of flaps formed with inner and outer plies, a means for attaching the article to a garment, comprising an integral attaching strip, the inner plies being stitched together adjacent their upper ends, portions of said ends dependin downwardly between the inner plies an having their edges secured together to form said attaching strip.

' 2. An article of the class described comprising a pair of flaps secured together at their upper edges and having inner and outer plies, said inner plies being secured together adjacent their upper edges by overstitching to form an attaching strip, said strip depending downwardly between said inner plies and extending co-extensive with the line on which the two flaps are secured together.

Signed at the city of New York, county of New York and Stateof New York, the 27th day of J u1y,-1917.

VICTOR GUINZBURG. 

